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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. North America1000 10:19, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Looks to be an autobio by a self-published author. There are a number of google hits, but most are social media. All sources are to subjects own websites. I'm pretty sure this is nn/COI, but have at it. - CorbieV 22:14, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 00:24, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 00:24, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. I've heard of this guy and I've used his Dread Central reviews as RS on Wikipedia before, but he doesn't seem to have received coverage in RS. Dread Central has reviewed his book, but that'd be a WP:PRIMARY source on Wikipedia since there's an obvious COI there. Redirecting to Dread Central really isn't an option here since Wikipedia typically does not have a list of the staff members for any given company, partially because it can be seen as WP:UNDUE weight and mostly because that's not really encyclopedia style. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 04:30, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Opabinia regalis (talk) 05:09, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:23, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete unfortunately and I would've suggested moving elsewhere but there's no target and my searches found nothing good aside from one Books. SwisterTwister talk 00:14, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete He does not appear to have notability as an author, except perhaps within a very personal fan club. The article has been written by an IP SPA and the refs are nearly all to his site. Books are held in about a dozen libraries each, as per WorldCat. I'm truly suspecting WP:PROMOTION, to be honest. LaMona (talk) 22:25, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.